S.E.L.B. Corporate Values

Introduction to Youth Service

S.E.L.B. Youth Service Vision Statement

Board Structure for Management of Youth Service

Equality Impact Assessment - (290Kb pdf format)

S.E.L.B. Mission Statement

"To ensure that high quality education, youth and library services exist throughout the area to:

- provide opportunities for personal development,

- encourage individuals to acquire core skills, and nurture moral values embedding responsibility, respect and appreciation,

thereby enriching life in the community and contributing to Northern Ireland's economic development. The Board will provide the necessary support services, advice and guidance in accordance with our statutory role, to our direct and indirect customers and partners."

S.E.L.B. Corporate Values

The S.E.L.B. through the Strategic Plan recognises the importance of declaring corporate values. We recognise these values as aspirations and seek to demonstrate in our work and service provision that increasingly they are a reality.

The corporate values we believe in are:

- valuing our customers and striving to meet their needs,

- valuing our colleagues, their commitment and contribution,

- communicating openly and effectively, building trust and co-operation,

- exercising integrity, objectivity, accountability, impartiality and promoting equality of opportunity for all,

- focusing on quality outputs and results and achieving value for money, and having a management style and philosophy that is professional, flexible and supportive, delegates responsibility and accountability for decision making to appropriate levels and encourages the involvement of all of our staff in the development of a corporate identity.

Introduction to Youth Service

The S.E.L.B. Youth Service operates under Article 33 of the Education and Library Board (N.I.) Order 1986.

1. Each Board shall secure the provision for its area of adequate facilities for recreational, social physical, cultural and youth service activities and for services ancillary to education and for that purpose may, with the approval of the Department, either alone or together with any other Board or any other person -

a) establish, maintain and manage any such facilities;

b) organise any such activities;

c) assist, by financial contributions or otherwise, any person to establish, maintain and manage any such facilities or to organise any such activities;

d) provide, or assist by financial contribution or otherwise in the provision of, leaders for such activities; and

e) defray or contribute towards the expenses of any persons taking part in any such activities.

S.E.L.B. Youth Service Vision Statement

The Education and Library Board Youth Service will be a responsive educational service focusing on the personal development of young people. It will be a service delivered where appropriately in partnership with others both inside and outside the field of education. It will provide or secure equal opportunities for all young people relative to their needs and embrace the central theme and Core Principle of the DENI 1997 document - Youth Worker Model for Effective Practice.

Youth Work - A Model for Effective Practice

In 1997 DENI produced this document which contains a revised curriculum model with the core theme of Personal and Social Development and core principles which should underpin and permeate all youth work namely:

1 Commitment to preparing young people for participation

2 The promotion of acceptance and understanding of others and

3 The development of appropriate values and beliefs

These core principles underpin the personal and social development of young people and should be reflected in all youth work.

Curriculum Model

The diagram provides a framework within which the following list provide some programme area:

A full version of the document can be obtained in Pdf format through the following link to DENI Youth Serivce.

Core Services of Board

Board's Structure

The S.E.L.B. has established a Youth Service Advisory Committee as a sub committee of the Education Committee.

The function of the Committee is to make recommendations in youth service policy and the Education Committee and to implement the agreed policy.

The sub committee has 16 members:

4 appointed by the Education Committee B.E.L.B.
4 young people
4 voluntary sector nominees nominated by YouthNet
4 representatives of full time staff (1 Divisional Youth Officer, 1 Outdoor Education Centre Warden, 1 Full time Controlled Centre Youth Worker, 1 Full time Voluntary Youth Worker)

Policy is implemented through a team of workers under the directional of the Youth Adviser.